WD-40 clarified that their products will comply with these regulations and will still be available in Canada after the ban takes effect.
The article literally says that as the last paragraph despite having wasted hundreds of words describing absolutely nothing before that.
I wouldn't trust anything ever published by this outlet. This is intentional disinformation.
Sensationalist bullshit headline.
The formulas will change to meet the new standards….
Don't you remember when all cars were banned when seatbelts were made mandatory?
Typical government overreach!
Then it would be WD-41.
"WD" is "Water Dispersant" and the "40" is the sequential number of the fornumation attempt.
I’ve got at least 3 formulations in the shed. All called WD40
No it's not.
WD-40 may have referred to the formulation at one time, now it's just marketing.
Pretty sure they were making a joke, while also sharing a bit of history on the name.
As if there aren't other ways to apply lubricants.
And WD40 isn’t so much a lubricant as much as a cleaner.
And a Water Displacement formula. (WD)
Learned this the hard way, fucked up my Bones Reds longboard wheel bearings.
"What the hell is happening? We must all be sheep," Mike said.
I’m glad they found comments from someone intelligent
"I thought this was a joke," Mike (no last name given) from Canmore said on outdoorsmenforum.ca.
It's Mike, from Canmore. What else did you expect?
Load the chicken cannon!
The Western Standard ? FFS. One of the few publications to make the National Enquirer seem legit.
I love how "Mike from Canmore" provides most of the unvalidated spooge in that thing.
Literally from the article:
""It has recently come to our attention that false information is circulating online that WD-40® Brand products are being banned in Canada," WD-40 stated.
"This is not a true statement. Although there are currently regulatory changes taking place in Canada, we have been aware of these regulatory changes and have been preparing for them for some time.""
Course this might create a black market of American WD-40 but that will depend on how much the formula is changing.
WD-40 used to come in big cans before it was an aerosol. And there has been spray bottles of it for some time too.
From what I remember, WD-40 is just mineral oil plus some hydrocarbons. The aerosol version is just so that tiny target straw works well, but you can literally just spray it on the work area and “rub” it in as it’s a penetrating oil for water displacement. In fact, I’m pretty certain that’s what the WD stands for, water displacement.
Lol gotta love that even Harbor Freight even calls WD-40 a lubricant. It's not a lubricant, it's a penetrating oil and really a degreaser. If it's something that needs lubrication you should absolutely use an actual lubricant after using WD-40, E.G. bike chains, door hinges, etc.
They do also make lube for bike chains under the WD-40 brand.
American wd-40 already complies with the new Canadian standard of no more than 25% voc. (The states has 10-15%)
lol then it's literally nothing, nice
Downvoted for suggesting using wd40 on a bike chain. Smh
If you use wd40 on bike chain:
If you leave the wd40 in the chain, the chain will rust and /or cease up.
Why read and post trash like this?
It's clearly an outlet trying to spread misinformation to make people angry at the government. It's probably either a Russian op and if not it's a bunch of people stupid enough to be tools of a Russian op.
But, it uses the .news TLD! That means it must be good journalism!
Wow, it even says, in this very article, that this is all a lie, but they know people won't read that far.
They make WD-40 in a non-aerosol bottle. Like a Windex bottle. I'm assuming that's what will be available after this change: https://www.wd40.com/products/trigger-pro/
I'm sure that can be adapted to fit a straw as well.
No it won't.
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